# Staff Backend Engineer

**Company:** [Socure](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/socure)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $225k – $265k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Distributed Systems, System Design, Java, Python, Go, AWS, Kubernetes, Postgres, Kafka, Redis
**Posted:** 2026-03-25

> Staff Backend Engineer leads design and implementation of scalable distributed systems to combat identity fraud, mentors engineers, and drives complex projects. Requires 8-12 years experience, bachelor's degree, and expertise in system design and performance optimization.

## Job Description

## What you will do

- Provide technical leadership by designing and implementing complex core components and distributed systems, while architecting solutions for **scalability**, **security**, **modularity**, and long-term maintainability.
- Conduct code and architecture reviews to ensure alignment with Socure’s standards and industry best practices.
- Drive the planning, execution, and delivery of large, complex initiatives, coordinating work across a small team of engineers and effectively managing scope, timelines, and resources.
- Provide technical guidance, support system design efforts, and foster a culture of engineering excellence and continuous improvement.
- Proactively propose new projects, identify opportunities to enhance platform performance, reliability, and developer productivity, and help evolve Socure’s engineering practices and standards.

## What you bring

- **Bachelor’s degree** in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- **8–12 years** of professional software engineering experience
- Proven experience leading complex, large-scale engineering projects
- Expert-level programming skills and mastery of software engineering principles
- Strong experience designing and building **scalable, distributed systems**
- Ability to develop complex systems while guiding architectural decisions for a team
- Deep understanding of **system design**, **performance optimization**, and **reliability**

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